PalmOne Executive Case, Small

Rating:
Summary: Adhesive doesn't work
Review: I purchased this case with my new Palm Tungsten E (which is terrific). I had read online (here?) that the flip cover for the Tungsten E scratches the casing, so I decided I needed to purchase a different case for it. Well, this was not a good choice.
It looks alright, though I think because it is meant to be universal it is chunkier than the Tungsten E, but it is not designed well.
You attach the handheld to the case using a velcro sticker (put the sticker on the back of the palm, the velcro faces into the case and meets its mate in the case, handheld sticks). That's OK in theory, but the velcro sticks to itself better than the adhesive sticks to the handheld. This means that you get a pulled-off sticker, a handheld with a sticky back, and essentially it's like you're using post-it glue to hold your handheld in the case.
Did anyone at Palm try to use this? I'm returning this baby.

Rating:
Summary: disappointing and useless
Review: My work colleague and I both ordered one for our Tungsten T3 and it hasn't worked for either of us. The Tungsten is secured to the case with a velcro patch that you put on yourself- from the beginning, every time I took my Tungsten out of the case, the velcro stayed in the case and the double sided tape remained on the back of my Tungsten. I scraped it off and put on a smaller patch of velcro (left over from when I trimmed it the first time) - same thing happened. My work colleague doesn't even use hers anymore - her Tungsten was too difficult to open in the case so she went back to her old zipped palm case. What a shame for something that looks good but is useless.

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Summary: New Lows in Palm Cases
Review: This case has to be the biggest waste of money for someone trying to find a case for the Palm Tungstens. That Palm cannot have designed one, just one, decent case for a nice handheld like the Tungsten T3 is just astonishing. But that's the case, no pun intended, here.

Palm does a great job of making small handhelds that are busting out with capabilities. But the people at Palm who design cases seem to go ever more in the opposite direction. For example, this case is not small, being the size of a big paperback book. You know the kind. Like a Tom Clancy novel. At that size, you'd think it would hold an annual report. But no, it doesn't even have space for business cards. But it does have one, just one, slot for an app card. Seriously, how many T3 users carry around these cards? And you have to sticky some velcro on the back of your new Palm Tungsten to use it. Just crazy. Come on Palm, get real. Mine is now serving time as a paper-pad holder.

My suggestion to Palm is to fire its case team and go and hire some freshly minted product design students from either Rhode Island School of Design or Art Center and start over. For as elegant as the T3 is designed, the cases for it are sheer bulky, ugly junk.

Rating:
Summary: Good Case, Minor flaws
Review: This is the ultimate in protection. It closes with two magnets so no buttons to fuss with; and, it's quick to open and close. The case completely encapsulates my tungsten-c and nothing is exposed to the outside so it's safe to throw it into a bag with your keys and stuff. The case closes without touching the screen or buttons so if it ends up in the bottom of your bag with a heavy book on top, no worries about the case flexing and breaking the screen. The case is lined with soft velvet and won't scratch the finish. Now for the problems... the PDA stays in using velcro but you can't really see it. The velcro does hold the PDA tight so frequent charging requires brute strength to peel it out of the case. I don't use the cradle; I prefer to use the travel charger and sync cord. The stylus cannot be removed or inserted on the tungsten-c but this should not be a problem with the tungsten-t models. The tungsten-c is a perfect fit; it is probably a little too big for other palm models. It will not hold the tungtsten-w. My only other complaint is that it is made of vinyl and not leather. But, it's cheap and it offers great protection. If money is no object then look at the $100 Vaja leather case; if you want a cheap case that offers great protection and looks custom made for the tungsten-c then look no further.